...Money laundering in football - lessons for the sports industry on Wednesday, 21 December 2011. Hits 2915 Written By Kevin Carpenter[->0] Money laundering in football is not a new phenomenon but the poor financial health of world football overall has lead to increased scrutiny in recent years by leading organisations such as Transparency International ('TI') (the world’s leading non-governmental anti-corruption organisation) and the Financial Action Task Force (‘FATF’) (an independent inter-governmental body that develops and promotes policies to protect the global financial system against money laundering and terrorist financing). Indeed TI has suggested that, ”Vulnerabilities in the sector's financing and due diligence practices, culture and structure are seen…as creating an environment conducive to money laundering by organised crime.“ The concerns have been compounded by two recent high profile cases in the UK then this makes it a good time to analyse this ever present threat. What is money laundering and why is football a target? Money laundering is the process by which proceeds of crime (so called "dirty money" or “criminal property”) are changed so that the proceeds appear to have come from a legitimate source. The proceeds of crime is money, or other assets, that have been acquired or generated through criminal activities in the UK or abroad. There are three main areas of vulnerability in the football sector which can be identified: The sector’s structure – market...
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...Development of Football in England The idea of football came from the medieval game that was known as mob football which included two villages that would play with a pigs head. The game had no rules which meant that violence was a large part of the game and they would play until people were dying or until people were running away. Balls were not invented so the people would use a pigs head and kick that around. King Edward II was the person to ban the game as it created too much violence within the people of the country. 1581 is the earliest account of football as an organised sport. It was played between elite schools such as Eton and colleges such as Cambridge and Oxford. Sides, positions, referees were introduced. The game was played on just and average field like what farm animals would be on and they would use the gates as a goal. 1848 – Cambridge Rules This club shall be called the University Foot Ball Club. At the commencement of the play, the ball shall be kicked off from the middle of the ground: after every goal there shall be a kick-off in the same way. After a goal, the losing side shall kick off; the sides changing goals, unless a previous arrangement be made to the contrary. The ball is out when it has passed the line of the flag-posts on either side of the ground, in which case it shall be thrown in straight. The ball is behind when it has passed the goal on either side of it. When the ball is behind it shall be brought forward at the place where it left...
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...“From Christian to football hooligan ” Andrew Hobbs gave his life to Jesus Christ at 9 years old; he became a believer. Throughout his childhood, he stared believing in something else than Christ, he became a member of the hooliganism firm, Chelsea Headhunters. It was Andrew Hobbs dad, whom introduced him to the Londonian football club, Chelsea FC. Andrew Hobbs was 12, when he with his father and brother, went to see his first Chelsea match. Chelsea was playing against Tottenham, which at that time was known by one of Chelsea biggest rivals. The match was a very important match for Chelsea, winning would mean that they would become a part of the semi FA Cup finals. Chelsea got safe?? victory against Spurs, and got throw the semifinals. In a depth interview made by Daily Mail, Andrew Hobbs tells, that he did not really remember much from the actual game, only the how much violence there was amongst fans. His father, brother and him was like thousands other fans arriving to Stamford Bright, where the match was played by tube. Their way back home has Andrew Hobbs described as “an absolutely nightmare”. “People was beating each other up, there were running battles between Tottenham fans and Chelsea fans. I clearly remember, how scared me and my brother was. People took no consideration of me being a little kid, they just kept on fighting. I nearly got involved in a fight several times, but my father safe me out from the big crowd of people fighting.” Football was played...
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...Report of Site Inspection: An inspection of The Charles E. Smith Center. Address: 600 22nd Street NW, Washington, DC General Introduction: The Charles E. Smith Center is located in the George Washington University, and has served as the home of the GWU department of athletics and recreation for more than 30 years. It was founded in 1821, room for 4338 seats, and the enrollment of Smith Center is 24,531 and the NCAA Division 1 is its affiliation. The purpose of the smith center is hold variety of GW’s 27 intercollegiate varsity sports. In there, there are several different venues processing different competitions or practices, like women’s and man’s basketball, volleyball and gymnastics. Other than holding sports events, the Smith Center also hosts some major events, like freshman convocation, concerts, commencement ceremonies and fall career and internship fair. Moreover, the Smith Center is also available to hold smaller scale events in two clubrooms: the colonials club and champions club. It is convenient to get the Smith Center, no matter take metro or drive a car by yourself. The Foggy Bottom metro station is so closing to the Smith Center that only take 5 minutes walk to get there. Smith Center provides three different parking areas, van parking, bus parking and visitor parking, but visitors should be attention about there is no parking directly adjacent to the Smith Center, and it highly recommends that bus drivers park the bus in the designated bus spots located at...
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...Introduction to Studying to Organizations In order to analyse the Hillsborough police department from an organizational perspective, we must know what an organization is. An organization is a social system, which comprises the coordinated action of two or more people towards attaining an objective (Donaldson, 1985). We can also specifically classify the Hillsborough police department as a public sector, not-for profit, service organization, because they serve the community without charging a price for their services. An important focus for the investigation of the Hillsborough disaster, is the bureaucratic tendencies of the police department. While there were many police enforcers involved in the disaster, it is necessary to look at the hierarchy of command to have a better understanding of where to direct the majority of the blame. In a bureaucratic organization, commands are passed downward from superiors to those working beneath them, and there is often a heavy correlation between promotion possibilities and your ability to successfully carry out the orders given to you. With this in mind, who is to blame is becomes a question of who is to blame? On a micro level, Captain Duckenfield and Lieutenant Murray delivered the commands to their subordinates that led to the disaster, but on a macro level, the subordinates within the department carried out the commands when they knew it was unsafe to do so. A defining part of being an organization is being a goal-seeking entity...
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...made his mark with Perugia and Roma in Italy's Serie A. The general perception however is that Japan is new to football and not very good at it. In fact, football has a long history in Japan. Football reached Japan within ten years of the foundation of the Football Association (FA) in London in 1863, with matches taking place between some English teachers and their pupils in Tokyo and among Western sailors in Kobe in 1871. The officially recognised date for the birth of football in the country is in September 1873 with a game at the Naval Academy in Tokyo Bay organized by a British officer, Archibald Douglas, and his men. The amused Japanese spectators assumed it was a version of kemari, an ancient Japanese ballgame connected with the Shinto religion. The first competitive match in the country is reputed to be the 1888 game between the Kobe Regatta and Athletic Club and the Yokohama Country and Athletic Club, a rivalry that continues to the present day. It was not until 1921, however, that the Japanese Football Association (JFA) was established. After reports reached London of the All Japan Schools Soccer Tournament held in Osaka in 1918, the English FA magnanimously dispatched a replica of the FA Cup as a gift to the fledgling footballing cousin . There was no equivalent Japanese football organization to receive it, so one was created. Fifteen years later, Japan was represented at the Berlin Olympics with a team mostly made up of college students. Japan lost, and with it...
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...to answer – do not copy and paste, if you do you will be marked as fail. Write your answers under each question. THERE WAS A HRUCAINE IN 1998 IN JUNE 1ST AND TERROISM ATTACK IN 1998 FOR YOUR BIRTH YEAR 1. What were some of the main headlines which were in the news? Find three news stories and write a short paragraph about them. 2. Which political party was in power? THE POLITICAL PARTY WAS IN POWER WAS THE LABOUR 3. Who was the Prime Minister? THE PRIME MINISTER WAS TONY BALIR 4. Was Prince Charles married, if so, who to? PRINCE CHARLES WAS NOT MARRIED IN 1998 5. Which football club won the English Premier League? MAN U WON THE ENGLISH FOOTBALL CUP 6. Which team won the FA Cup? ARESENAL WON THE F A CUP 2-0 7. Which team were the World Cup winners in football, in your birth year? FRANCE WON THE WORLD CUP IN 1998 3-0 8. What films were popular at the movies? 9. What pop songs were in the charts? 10. Who were the most famous pop stars? 11. Who were the most famous actors and actresses 12. What were the most popular toys around that time? 13. What was in fashion? 14. Which car was the most popular? 15. Name two of the most popular mobile phones 16. Which games console was number one? 17. Which game for the games console was the most popular? 18. Name and describe one new invention CHALLENGE Think of five more web quest questions based...
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...“From Christian to football hooligan ” Andrew Hobbs gave his life to Jesus Christ at 9 years old; he became a believer. Throughout his childhood, he stared believing in something else than Christ, he became a member of the hooliganism firm, Chelsea Headhunters. It was Andrew Hobbs dad, whom introduced him to the Londonian football club, Chelsea FC. Andrew Hobbs was 12, when he with his father and brother, went to see his first Chelsea match. Chelsea was playing against Tottenham, which at that time was known by one of Chelsea biggest rivals. The match was a very important match for Chelsea, winning would mean that they would become a part of the semi FA Cup finals. Chelsea got safe?? victory against Spurs, and got throw the semifinals. In a depth interview made by Daily Mail, Andrew Hobbs tells, that he did not really remember much from the actual game, only the how much violence there was amongst fans. His father, brother and him was like thousands other fans arriving to Stamford Bright, where the match was played by tube. Their way back home has Andrew Hobbs described as “an absolutely nightmare”. “People was beating each other up, there were running battles between Tottenham fans and Chelsea fans. I clearly remember, how scared me and my brother was. People took no consideration of me being a little kid, they just kept on fighting. I nearly got involved in a fight several times, but my father safe me out from the big crowd of people fighting.” Football was played...
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...Jack in Newcastle: Last season we almost got relegated. This season by January we were safe without spending a single penny. Pardew is fighting a losing battle against an Newcastle board with no ambition. Our star player out and two loan signings is not good enough. Feel for Alan. 17:41: Chelsea 0-0 Sunderland Willian started off playing quite deep, but he's working his magic in the final third a bit more now and he cuts inside a challenge before rifling a shot across Vito Mannone which the Sunderland keeper is equal to. 17:39: Manager reaction- West Ham 0-1 Crystal Palace Sam Allardyce West Ham manager Sam Allardyce: "It was stupid penalty conceded by Pablo Armero for the winning goal. Setting out your plans is all very well, but you cannot make allowances for that. "He didn't need to make that challenge and Crystal Palace are set out to take advantage when you make a mistake like that. We put every effort in but could not put the ball into the back of the net. "We had to take chances when they came our way and in that department we failed miserably today. "There was no more unhappiness from that fans than I had at Blackburn, Newcastle or Bolton. If you don't win fans don't like it, especially at home." Text us on 81111 Should Eden Hazard be in with a shout for the PFA young player of the year award? Tom Fulton: Remember Hazard is still available to win the young player award next year as you have to be 23 at the start of the season. Think a few...
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...Brendan Rodgers’ Gerrard Conundrum With Steven Gerrard returning from a month long absence this week, the biggest dilemma for Rodgers will be whether to use the talismanic captain as a bit-part player from the bench, or as a starter from now till the end of the season. Gerrard is now entering the final few months of his Liverpool career, and surely there is a lot of sentiment from quarters of the Anfield faithful for him to play as much football for the club till he departs. However, since his absence Liverpool have been on a scintillating run of games having won 8 and drawn 1 game in the Premier League. The current squad is revolved around the dovetailing of Philippe Coutinho and Raheem Sterling and with the current set up; it is difficult to see Gerrard forcing his way into the starting eleven. The big question now though, is how does Rodgers tackle this situation? Will he be doing the right thing by using Gerrard as an impact substitute? Or, does he allow sentiment to get in the way of his decision-making process to start with legendary player? The answer is – to use him as an impact substitute. As bitter a pill that is to swallow for the fans; it is the truth. For so many years the team has looked up at Gerrard to bring them out of trouble. However, that is not the case anymore. The days of Gerrard pulling Liverpool over the line are gone, as he cannot keep up with fluidity of the current team. The kind of form of this Liverpool side is in suggests that Rodgers is...
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...nevertheless elected to rejoin the First Division when competitive football resumed in 1919–20, at the expense of local rivals Tottenham Hotspur. Some books have reported that this election to division 1 was achieved by dubious means.[12] Arsenal appointed Herbert Chapman as manager in 1925. Having already won the league twice with Huddersfield Town in 1923–24 and1924–25 (see Seasons in English football), Chapman brought Arsenal their first period of major success. His revolutionary tactics and training, along with the signings of star players such as Alex James and Cliff Bastin, laid the foundations of the club's domination of English football in the 1930s.[13] Under his guidance Arsenal won their first major trophies – victory in the 1930 FA Cup Final preceded two League Championships, in 1930–31 and1932–33. In addition, Chapman...
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...Executive Summary: This case analysis answers a few questions key to the future of Tottenham Hotspur in the coming years: 1. Using a DCF, what is the value of Tottenham, and at its current price, is Tottenham fairly valued? The value of Tottenham is £13.80, and at it’s current price of is £, is overvalued. Executive Summary: This case analysis answers a few questions key to the future of Tottenham Hotspur in the coming years: 1. Using a DCF, what is the value of Tottenham, and at its current price, is Tottenham fairly valued? The value of Tottenham is £13.80, and at it’s current price of is £, is overvalued. Executive Summary: This case analysis answers a few questions key to the future of Tottenham Hotspur in the coming years: 1. Using a DCF, what is the value of Tottenham, and at its current price, is Tottenham fairly valued? The value of Tottenham is £13.80, and at it’s current price of is £, is overvalued. Executive Summary: This case analysis answers a few questions key to the future of Tottenham Hotspur in the coming years: 1. Using a DCF, what is the value of Tottenham, and at its current price, is Tottenham fairly valued? The value of Tottenham is £13.80, and at it’s current price of is £, is overvalued. Executive Summary: This case analysis answers a few questions key to the future of Tottenham Hotspur in the coming years: 1. Using a DCF, what is the value of Tottenham, and at its current price, is Tottenham fairly valued...
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...Birch Paper Company * Is a medium sized, partly integrated company * Three products, white and Draft papers and paperboard * The company is decentralized- both authority and responsibility * Seems like most of their decisions are based on profits and ROI * Northern and Thompson division together designed box for Northern division * Thompson division was reimbursed by Northern division for it’s designing and development * Apart from Thompson’s bid they also get two different offers from outside companies * Company policy where each division manager had full freedom and discretion to buy from anywhere * Thompson’s most materials from within company but sales mostly outsiders * If Thompson get bid, materials to be procured from Southern division * 70% of out of pocket costs of $400 were above materials * This constituted 60% of selling price * The Northern division received bids on 1000 boxes: - Thompson division- $480 - West Paper Company- $430 - Eire Paper Company- $432 * Eire paper Company dilemma: -Purchase (1000 boxes) outside linear board from Birch with special printing from Thompson at $90 plus $30 for printing -“Competitive market where higher costs cannot be passed on, how can we buy own supplies at 10% higher than market rate?” * Thompson division felt they didn’t receive profit for their development work, so they marked up cost on production of the box * Team 1 assessment that Northern division should...
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